Musical Rough Guides
Various
Musical Rough Guides contains 17 guides to the music of a genre, artist or place close to its writer’s heart. Each piece is based on an accompanying mixtape, transporting you around in the world and deep into mind-bending subgenres. Get a flavour from the playlist below.
Contents: Alex G, Braindance, Brazil, Classical, Clave de Son, English Folk, Field Recordings, Gilbert and Sullivan, J.S. Bach, Mahraganat, Mexican Cumbia, Mexico, MF DOOM, Psych-Folk, Requiems, South African Jazz, Yvette Young.
Writing by:
Karim Assir
Suzie Beckley
Will Brookman
Steve Cviic
OMAM Dawn
James Eagle
Almira Farid
Frank Gavurin
Oscar Hallman
Andrew Kenningham
Elsa Kenningham
Samad Majid
Jack McKevitt
Arturo Monzon
Tracy Lee Norman
Pati Sampedro
Richard Thomas
Leonardo Zumaya
Published December 2023
Designed by Jo Gray
Edited by Elsa Kenningham
Illustrated by Jo Gray
Printed in the UK
Soft cover
128 pp
210mm x 170mm
ISBN: 978-1-7384402-0-7
RRP £14.99
Essays / Music
Each guide has its own ink illustration by artist and Buoy Press designer Jo Gray. They were made while listening to the playlist for each Rough Guide.